Now look at Official Team Sponsorship coupled with PSV Eindhoven and Schalke 04 both scouting for talent via FIFA 17 tournaments, the importance of eSports going forward becomes more clear.

/03 eSports Strategy

While EA may have been behind Activision-Blizzard in eSports for a while, they've done a good job playing catch up very quickly.

While there's no competition for Football or NHL eSports with EA controlling both licenses, Konami could have at least competed on the Soccer side. But it doesn't seem like Konami is ready to make an eSports move just yet.

The largest prize pool that I could find on Pro Evolution Soccer was for $40,000.